The climatology of planetary boundary layer height in China derived from
radiosonde and reanalysis data

Guo, Jianping; Miao, Yucong; Zhang, Yong; Liu, Huan; Li, Zhanqing; Zhang, Wanchun; He, Jing; Lou, Mengyun; Yan, Yan; Bian, Lingen; Zhai, Panmao

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-13309-2016

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28 Oct 2016

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| 28 Oct 2016

The climatology of planetary boundary layer height in China derived from radiosonde and reanalysis data

Jianping Guo, Yucong Miao, Yong Zhang, Huan Liu, Zhanqing Li, Wanchun Zhang, Jing He, Mengyun Lou, Yan Yan, Lingen Bian, and Panmao Zhai

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RC1: 'Comments on “The climatology of planetary boundary layer height in China derived from radiosonde and reanalysis data”', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Jul 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1', Jianping GUO, 05 Sep 2016
RC2: 'Comments on “The climatology of planetary boundary layer height in China derived from radiosonde and reanalysis data”', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Aug 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2', Jianping GUO, 05 Sep 2016
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AR by Jianping Guo on behalf of the Authors (07 Sep 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (13 Sep 2016) by Renyi Zhang

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ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (06 Oct 2016) by Renyi Zhang

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ED: Publish as is (18 Oct 2016) by Renyi Zhang

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The large-scale PBL climatology from sounding observations is still lacking in China. This work investigated the BLH characterization at diurnal, monthly and seasonal timescales throughout China, showing large geographic and meteorological dependences. BLH is, on average, negatively (positively) associated with the surface pressure and lower tropospheric stability (wind speed and temperature). Cloud tends to suppress the development of the PBL, which has implications for air quality forecasts.